Improvement in stair-rod fasteners



w. B. GouLu.

Stair-Rod Fasteners.

NO. 144,758. Patented Nov.18,1873.

UNITED STATES.

VILLIAM B. GOULI), OF MONTROSE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN STAIR-ROD FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,758, dated November 18, 1873; application led October 17, 1873.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, XVILLIAII B. GOULD, of Montrose, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improved Stair- Rod Fastener, of which the following is a specifica-tion:

Figure l is a perspective view of a staircase, showing my improved fastener in position. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view, on an enlargedlscale, of my improved fastener.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in both figures.

This invention relates to a new form and construction of stair-rod fastener made entirely in one piece, and therefore simpler and cheaper in construction than the fasteners now in general use. My invent-ion consists in providing a fastener, between the perforated ends that are to receive the tacks or fastening-nails, with two up-andldown incisions, and in then bending the side portions, which are separated from the middle by said incisions forwardly, so that between them and the unbont middle p ortion a loop is formed, through which the stair-rod can be inserted.

In the accompanying drawing, the letter A represents my improved stair rod fastener, made of one single piece of sheet met-al. Its ends a b are bent at right angles to each other, so that one end, a, will bear against the riser, and the other end, b, upon the step of the stairs, both ends being perforated to receive the fastening nails or screws. Between these two ends the plate A is cut up and4 down at two places, the incisions Z d being, if straight, parallel or nearly parallel to each other, though they may be slightly curved, in the manner shown in the drawing. The piece c, which is left between the two incisions, remains straight in line with the end a, but 'the side pieces fj' are bulged or bent forward, so that they form a space through which the rod may be inserted. The rod, when applied, bears upon the middle piece c, and is covered by the side pieces f, as is clearly indicated in Fi 0'. l.

It is to be understood that I do not claim the bulging out of a stair-rod fastener made in one piece, as suoli has been done before, butin such fastenings as heretofore made the stationary back pieces c were not left in line with the end a, and the rod was therefore caused to bear against the stair-riser direct, and to crowd upon the stair-carpet and injure the same, while with my improved construction the thickness of the back piece c will separate the rod from the riser, and thus protect the carpet.

Instead of being quite straight, the back piece c in ay be slightly curved to accommodate the shape of the stair-rod.

I do not broadly clailn to have invented a stair-rod fastener made of a single piece of sheet metal, and cut to form pieces at the ends to secure the rod, but only the invention of a sheet-metal fastener, having the two up-anddown incisions, whereby continuous bands are formed that embrace the rod, while heretofore unreliable spring-clips were only produced for the same purpose.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The stair-rod fastener A, made with two incisions, d d, between which the back piece c, and at the sides of which the forwardly-bulged parts ff, are formed, substantially as herein shown and described.

WM. B. GOULD.

Vitnesses F. V. BRIEsEN, MICHAEL RYAN, FRED. HAYNEs. 

